Wagon running-gear



(No Model.)

W. SHERIDON.

WAGON RUNNING GEAR.

No. 464,735. Patented Dec. 8, 1891.

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IVILLIAM SHERIDON, OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

WAGON RUNNING-GEAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 464,735, dated December8, 1891. Application filed September 19, 1891- Serial No. 406,201- (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM SHERIDON, of Toledo, county of Lucas, andState of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inWVagons; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of referencemarked thereon, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to wagons, more especially to the class designedfor childrens use.

The objects of the invention are to simplify the construction, cheapenthe manufacture, and strengthen the parts.

A further object is to provide a yielding bearing between the box andrunning-gear in order to relieve the box from jar due to an impact ofthe wheels with uneven surfaces.

With these objects in-view my invention consists, broadly, in forming alower gearplate to receive the front axle, said plate having integralarms to which the pole or thills are secured and being formed with acircular opening having communication with radial recesses to receive alocking-plate secured upon a stud projecting from the box-standards anda spring interposed between thestandards and lower plate, therebyproviding a cheap, strong, and convenient attachment for the spring.

The invention further consistsin the parts and combination of partshereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the box, the frontbox-standard, lower plate, and interposed spring, showing the sameproperly connected, and also showing the rear standard in sideelevation. Fig. 2 is a like view with the parts detached and the springomitted in order to disclose the stud upon which the spring is placed,this view being drawn on an enlarged scale. Fig. 3 is afront elevationof the front standard, showing the spring and locking-plate secured inplace. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the locking-plate. Fig. 5 is a plan Viewof the lower gear-plate.

1 designates the box, to the forward end of which is secured a standard2, preferably form braces against the strain produced upon adownWardly-projectin g boss 4, which acts as the coupling to therunning-gear, the boss being formed with a reduced end 5, for a purposehereinafter stated. Standard 2, as thus described, is preferably formedof malleable cast-iron, and is consequently in one piece.

6 designates the gear plate, preferably formed of malleable cast-iron,and comprises a central enlarged body portion 7, having a circularopening 8, with radial recesses 9 and arms 10 extending indiametrically-opposite directions, each arm having atubular end 11 toreceive the axle. (Not shown.) Extending at right angles to the arms 10are hounds 12, formed with hooks 13, to which the pole or thills areattached. Integral with the central body portion 7 and the hounds 12 isa curved support 14, which greatly strengthens these parts.

15 designatesa plate having a circular body portion and a plurality ofradial projections 16, this plate being of a form corresponding withopening 8 of the gear-plate, and is formed with a central opening 17,through which the reduced end 5 of the boss 4 passes, and is secured byriveting the same upon the under side of the plate, there being a spring18 first passed upon the boss, and shown in Figs. 1 and 3.

19 designates the rear standard, formed with. a perforated plate portion20 to receive the axle and hangers 21, which incline oppositely fromthence and are secured to the box, the inclination of the hangersforming braces in each direction of strain upon the standard.

In assembling the parts standard 2 is secured to the box, spring 18 isplaced upon boss at, and plate 15 is then placed upon the reduced end 5of the boss and secured thereto by riveting, when the gear-plate andstandard are connected by turning the gear-plate to cause theprojections 16 of plate 15 to register with the radial recesses 9 of thegear- 15 will register with the circular openingS in the gear-plate andallow of passing plate 15 therethrough, when the spring 18 will bearupon the upper side of the gear-plate and the lower side of thestandard, at which time the gear-plate is turned, causing the radialproformed of three hangers properly inclined to plate, when the'circularbody portion of plate jeetions of plate 15 to bear upon theunder side of the gear-plate and secure the parts t0- gether. It will beseen that when the parts are assembled they practically comprise thegear-plate and the spring, and that not only is the expense of themanufacture reduced to a minimum, but that they can be assembled quicklywithout the employment of skilled labor.

The feature of interposing a spring (which, while I have shown it to bea coiled spring, may be of rubber or any resilient material) is of greatvalue in the class of wagons intended for childrens amusement, as itrelieves the box of jar and the rider of the disagreeable and injuriouseffects thereof.

IVhat I claim is- 1. In a wagon, a box, a standard secured theretohaving a depending boss, a gear-plate formed with an opening for theboss, and a spring upon the boss which bears upon the plate.

2. In a wagon, a box, a standard secured thereto havinga depending boss,and a spring held upon the boss by means of a circular plate havingradial Wings, in connection with a gear -plate formed with an openingcorrespending in contour with the plate upon the standard and of lessarea than the spring.

3. In a wagon, a box and a standard secured thereto having a dependingboss, in combination with a gear-plate formed in asingle piece andcomprising a central portion having an opening to receive the boss, armshaving tubular portions to receive the axle, and hounds to which thepole or thills are attached.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I hereby affix mysignature in pres ence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM SI'IERIDON.

\Vitnesses:

WILLIAM WEBSTER, CARROLL J. Wnnsrnn.

